After seeing Riot Games, a group of people rushed to San Francisco without stopping. They had already sent an advance team there to find a house, go through the formalities, recruit people, and set up a small company as quickly as possible.
Zhao Xuetao was appointed as supervisor.
San Francisco has a developed economy, is close to Silicon Valley, and has a large number of Chinese people. When it opened, a lion dance team was invited to create a lively atmosphere. Yinyin took many photos of Yao Yuan and prepared to send them back to China for promotion.
“99 Network establishes San Francisco game studio!”
"Commander Yao came to the scene to cheer!"
“The first step for 99 Games to go global is to connect with Americans socially!”
This is also the main purpose of his current business trip, which is to play games and to gild himself again.
Nowadays, few domestic games go overseas, let alone have any influence. Everyone’s attention is focused on online games, and they have no idea that the humble social games are ready to overtake and usher in a golden period for at least 5 years.
Social games are games too!
It doesn’t matter whether it’s a black cat or a white cat, as long as it can make a lot of money, it’s a good cat.
…………
Night, hotel.
Yinyin was trying on clothes after shopping all day. She is not very materialistic and does not focus on famous brands. She can wear clothes that cost 100 yuan or 10,000 yuan. It all depends on her preference.
"looks good?"
"nice!"
"You didn't even look!"
Yao Yuan, who was staring at the TV, turned his head and saw that the other party was wearing a plaid shirt with the hem tied up to reveal his sexy lower abdominal muscles and navel. He was wearing hot pants that exposed half of his buttocks and a pair of dark brown boots.
"What are you dressing up like?"
"Learned it from the movie, oh, and the hat!"
Yinyin took another cowboy hat and put it on, twisting it in a decent manner.
She seems to have awakened a very unique hobby now. She wears all kinds of weird clothes and dangles in front of him when she has nothing to do, including but not limited to: a helpful little nurse in white, a black nurse who goes out to socialize without work to make extra money.
Silk stewardess, the female bathhouse owner who has a bleak business and is unhappy...
Anyway, she has a good figure and looks good in anything she wears.
Yao Yuan sometimes gives her some advice and gives her some inspiration, so that the world between the two of them will not be too boring.
"How about it?"
"Is the girl you cosplayed this time a Texas girl?"
“What is a Texas girl?”
"He is tall, has long legs, has wheat-colored skin, speaks with a weird accent, and can pick up an AR-15 from the car at any time. He can herd horses and farm, and he can hunt deer and turtles..."
"It sounds cool, I really want to try it."
"Your cosplay this time is great, I give it 90 points!"
The two played fun little games. After a while, Yin Yin changed her clothes, came over and rested on his lap, and looked at the TV: "What are you watching? It's been a long time."
"U.S. News, just take a look."
Yao Yuan turned up the volume, and a piece of news was being broadcast: In the previous month, more than 25 subprime mortgage companies in the United States had filed for bankruptcy one after another, and Bear Stearns, one of the five major investment banks, announced the collapse of two of its hedge funds...
"What's the meaning?"
"There's going to be a financial crisis."
"ah???"
Yinyin sat up again and said, "How did you say the words "financial crisis" in such a calm tone?"
"Originally, what does it have to do with us? We are not Americans."
Yao Yuan rubbed her hair and said with a smile: "It's better to go to bed early and recharge your batteries so that you can go to Facebook tomorrow."
The subprime mortgage crisis started to emerge in 2007, and then fully erupted in 2008, which will have a profound impact on future generations.
To put it simply, the United States packages loans into a financial product and sells it. Banks, rating agencies, insurance companies, etc. are all on this plate, quickly forming a huge bubble. When a large number of borrowers are unable to repay,
Naturally, it exploded.
There are five major investment banks in the United States: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns.
The Bear Stearns broadcast on TV was just one step away from dying in history and was finally rescued. Lehman Brothers was not so lucky and went bankrupt.
The reasons are various. In essence, Lehman was divided up by Wall Street, led by Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs, one of the initiators of the subprime mortgage crisis, made huge profits during this crisis and sucked blood everywhere.
As for the impact on China.
Well, you all understand, at least housing prices are starting to skyrocket like a rocket.
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Yao Yuan contacted Facebook in the name of the company, that is, the president of 99 Group was coming to visit.
After Facebook became famous, there were constant visitors every day, but this company from China still made them curious, and they were even more shocked after briefly understanding it.
Zuckerberg is 23 years old this year, but the other party is only 27 years old, but he has a huge community of 80 million users and instant messaging software with 100 million users, as well as e-commerce, games, etc.
He looks much better than himself!
Zuckerberg decided to receive it personally.
About 50 kilometers south of San Francisco, there is a place called Palo Alto, where Stanford University is located and is also the current headquarters of Facebook.
Early the next morning.
Yao Yuan took Yinyin, Gu Jiaming, Zhao Xuetao and other five people to the end of a tree-lined avenue in Palo Alto City, where there was a small building with a black Acura TSX parked downstairs.
"..."
He looked at the car several times. Didn't he say that Zuckerberg drives a Fit? Why is it an Acura?
Walking a few steps further, I saw a few people at the door. The first one was young, with a long face and a curly head. He had not yet transformed into a robot like later generations.
I was wearing a gray T-shirt with the word "hacker" printed on it, big shorts, and slippers. It was really casual.
It's Zuckerberg!
"Hello, Mr. Yao!"
He came over quickly and opened his mouth to speak in substandard Mandarin. Yao Yuan matched his surprise in time: "Hello, do you speak Chinese?"
"I usually study by myself. You are welcome to come!"
The two shook hands at the door, and immediately Facebook employees appeared and took a few photos.
Zuckerberg seemed to be very enthusiastic about every visitor, guiding a few people into the building. When they looked up, they saw a huge wall covered with all kinds of interesting pictures shared by users in the space.
"This is our fifth office location in three years. This is our Facebook wall... I don't like the small cubicles. I think it will limit everyone's creativity, so I made it open.
…”
"Over there is my desk, and there is a conference room with a beautiful glass wall. There is a rest area, and the people sitting there are visitors. Many people come to visit every day, and we have a dedicated person in charge of this.
.”
Zuckerberg is very talkative and has a strong sense of subjectivity. He often uses "I think" and "I think" when speaking, which to a certain extent also shows that this person is very independent.
After a brief stroll around, a few people arrived upstairs.
Yao Yuan was delighted when he saw the layout. It looked like a press conference room, with two sofas and a small coffee table. There were already people waiting to record and take photos.
"An hour ago, I was working out with my personal trainer and learning Chinese by the way. I am really happy for your arrival and hope we can have a good communication. I am very curious about the secret of your success..."
Zuckerberg is proactive and active. After all, Facebook is in a bottleneck period and is in urgent need of exploring new markets. No one can ignore a terrifying market with more than one billion people.
(No more...
Thanks to the cute master who convinces people with reason.)